Tag Archives: Jincy Willett

2015 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sheila

Even I am impressed with how much I read this year. Along the course of the year, occasionally I’d think to myself, “Good job, Sheila, with your Self-Imposed Reading Plan!” I’ve read a lot of new novels (not really my … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Alexander Hamilton, Baseball A Literary Anthology, books read, Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Marlowe, Edvard Radzinsky, Elvis Presley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Eliot, Hannah Arendt, Hunter S. Thompson, Ireland, J.D. Salinger, Jeanette Winterson, Jincy Willett, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Wayne, Joshua Ferris, Lorrie Moore, Machiavelli, Margaret Atwood, Norman Rush, Patricia Highsmith, Paul Zindel, Rasputin, Rebecca West, Ron Chernow, Russia, science, Seamus Heaney, Shakespeare, Vietnam, W.H. Auden, William Styron | 22 Comments

Recommended Books: Fiction

Posted on July 26, 2015 by sheila

I’ve added to this list. I still want to do a Non-Fiction one, eventually, but … you know … time permitting. Some authors are represented multiple times here. Other authors aren’t represented at all. For no real reason. Don’t read … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, James Joyce | Tagged 1984, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Amongst Women, Annie Proulx, Arthur Koestler, At Swim-Two-Birds, Austria, Bad Behavior, Beware of Pity, Birds of America, Bleak House, Canada, Cat's Eye, Catch-22, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Christine Falls, Close Range: Wyoming Stories, Crime and Punishment, Curtis Sittenfeld, Darkness at Noon, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dublin, Dubliners, East of Eden, Edna O'Brien, Elinor Lipman, England, Evelyn Waugh, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, Franny and Zooey, friends, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, George Eliot, George Orwell, Going After Cacciato, Handmaid's Tale, Henry James, Herman Melville, Hopeful Monsters, House of Leaves, Huckleberry Finn, Hungary, Inherent Vice, Iran, Ireland, Italy, J.D. Salinger, James Salter, Jane Eyre, Jeanette Winterson, Jincy Willett, Joan Didion, John Banville, John Irving, John McGahern, John Steinbeck, Joseph Heller, Joshua Ferris, Joy Williams, Katherine Dunn, Keri Hulme, L.M. Montgomery, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Margaret Atwood, Mark Danielewski, Mark Helprin, Mary Gaitskill, Master and Margarita, Mating, Michael Chabon, Middlemarch, Mikhail Bulgakov, Moby Dick, Nancy Lemann, New Zealand, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Patricia Highsmith, Patrick O'Brian, Philip K. Dick, Play It As It Lays, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Possession, Prep, Russia, Scoop, Sergei Kirov, Sexing the Cherry, Shirley Jackson, Stefan Zweig, Stephen King, Tana French, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Bone People, The Country Girls, The Dead, The Grass Harp, The Great Gatsby, The Passion, The Shipping News, Tim O'Brien, Truman Capote, Victor Serge, Villette, Winter's Tale | 103 Comments

Bikinis and Books

Posted on July 31, 2012 by sheila

I found this clever Tumblr and cannot stop scrolling: Bikinis that match famous book covers. How awesome to find a bikini that “goes with” one of my favorite books from the last 10 years, Jincy Willett’s Winner of the National … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Jincy Willett | 4 Comments

The Books: “The Writing Class” (Jincy Willett)

Posted on July 13, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: The Writing Class, by Jincy Willett Second novel by the absolutely delicious Jincy Willett (she has a collection of short stories out too) … I can’t get enough of this writer!! I love her sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged fiction, Jincy Willett | 7 Comments

Family: What We All Are Reading

Posted on July 11, 2008 by sheila

Bren: re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel Jean: reading The End of the Affair, and also Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Dad: reading The Far Side of the World (he finished Treason’s Harbour) Siobhan: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Don DeLillo, Evelyn Waugh, family, Graham Greene, Jincy Willett, Leo Tolstoy, Michael Chabon, Patrick O'Brian, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The End of the Affair, War and Peace | 3 Comments

The Books: “Winner Of The National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather” (Jincy Willett)

Posted on July 6, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather, by Jincy Willett I am so glad I discovered this book. And Jincy Willett has just come out with another … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged fiction, Jincy Willett | 7 Comments

Two Book Memes

Posted on August 24, 2006 by sheila

1. First book to leave a lasting impression? Charlotte’s Web. That was the first book that made my heart HURT after finishing it. But that hurt also had some joy in it …. I mean, the last paragraph of that … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Charlotte's Web, Elinor Lipman, Harriet the Spy, Jincy Willett, Madeleine L'Engle, Robert Kaplan, Stephen King | 6 Comments

Vacation Reading List

Posted on July 9, 2004 by sheila

Very important choices had to be made this morning: Which books should I take on vacation? A week is a long time. Especially if your days are free, and more time can be given to reading. I can’t just bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Fyodor Dostoevsky, James Ellroy, Jincy Willett | 42 Comments

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2015 Books Read

Recommended Books: Fiction

Bikinis and Books

The Books: “The Writing Class” (Jincy Willett)

Family: What We All Are Reading

The Books: “Winner Of The National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather” (Jincy Willett)

Two Book Memes

Vacation Reading List

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